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Grammar – Suffixes





                                  Suffix - Definition                                                          Suffix – ‘ful’



                                                                                                Suffix ‘ful’ converts an abstract
                                                                                                noun or a verb to an adjective.


                      Suffix is a group of letters added to                                     beauty – beautiful           hope - hopeful
                      the end of a root word to change its                                      truth – truthful             cheer -
                      meaning.                                                                  cheerful


                                                                                                care – careful               harm - harmful

                                                                                                bliss – blissful             play - playful




                                      Suffix – ‘ly’                                                            Suffix – ‘er’




                       Suffix ‘ly’ converts an adjective to                                    Suffix ‘er’ converts a verb into a

                       an adverb.                                                              noun.

                       nice – nicely                  slow -                                   teach – teacher            plan - planner
                       slowly                                                                  Drive driver               dance - dancer

                       honest – honestly             quick -                                   Mix – mixer               sing - singer
                       quickly
                                                                                               Bake – baker              play - player
                       brave – bravely               soft - softly
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